Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Rozluzh

The Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary is one of the most famous monuments of the beautiful town of Rozluch, Turka district, Lviv region. It was built in 1876 in a typical Boikos style on the site of an ancient wooden church. The village church was first mentioned in sources in 1534. This year, on October 22, Sambir starosta Stanislav Odrovonzh sold a plot of land for a church in Borysova Volia (old name Rozlucha). It belongs to the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church.

Previously, an older church stood on this site, known since 1534. It was in this year that Sambir starosta Stanislav Odrovonzh sold a plot of land for the church. The parish received the privilege in 1666. In 1733, a three-story wooden church of the Boyko type was built on the site of the old one.

In 1783 the first church burned down, and in 1875 the second church suffered the same fate. Instead, in 1876, master craftsman Havrylo Roman built a new church. Josef Hammer, the head of an industrial company in Vienna and owner of forests in the vicinity of Rozluch, contributed to the construction. He provided the building material for the church free of charge. The first bells were purchased in 1876. During World War I, the Austrian military took two bells for the needs of the army. In 1926, the community purchased the missing bells. During the Second World War, people who had learned from the bitter experience of the previous war hid the bells from the Germans and thus preserved them. After the war ended, they were dug up and installed in the bell tower, where they remain today.

In addition to the church of the Virgin Mary, Rozluch is considered an excellent resort with a landscape reserve, mineral waters and architectural monuments. Here is preserved wooden church of St. Francis of the 16th century.